CVE-2018-7112 Information disclosure in Windows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers

What is CVE-2018-7112?

CVE-2018-7112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Windows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers, published on 3 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HPE-provided Windows firmware installer for certain Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers allows local disclosure of privileged information. This issue was resolved in previously provided firmware updates as follows. The HPE Windows firmware installer was updated in the system ROM updates which also addressed the original Spectre/Meltdown set of vulnerabilities. At that time, the Windows firmware installer was also updated in the versions of HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2, 3, and 4 (iLO 2, 3, and 4) listed in the security bulletin. The updated HPE Windows firmware installer was released in the system ROM and HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) releases documented in earlier HPE Security Bulletins: HPESBHF03805, HPESBHF03835, HPESBHF03831. Windows-based systems that have already been updated to the system ROM or iLO versions described in these security bulletins require no further action.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7112?

It affects 101 products.

Products include Hp Integrated Lights-Out 2 Firmware, Hp Integrated Lights-Out 3 Firmware, Hp Integrated Lights-Out 4 Firmware, Hp Proliant Bl280c G6 Server Bladefirmware, Hp Proliant Bl2x220c G6 Server Blade Firmware, Hp Proliant Bl2x220c G7 Server Blade Firmware and 95 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-7112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Windows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers

• CVE-2014-7876 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-8979 Auth bypass in Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-2601 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2017-12543 Information disclosure in Integrated Lights-Out 4 Medium 6.5
• CVE-2015-2106 Auth bypass in n/a Medium 6.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-v993-j85c-p36m.